ReelHeART International Film Festival

Theater 222,  Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)

This quirky animated short gives us a look into a surreal and horrific world of attacking eyeballs foot, fingers and extraterrestrial fast-food workers

The Empire has come to Brooklyn… When corporate invasion threatens his neighborhood, record store clerk and passionate Star Wars fan Luke gives up on good’s triumph over evil, turning his back on the movies that shaped his life. Only his roommate Leah can save his soul. As the hipsters grapple with the terrible truth of their place in the galaxy, Leah must rekindle her own love of Star Wars to restore balance to the Force.

Growing up in Los Angeles, a city whose homeless population is well over 90,000, filmmaker Rachel Fleischer was surrounded by homelessness her entire life. At the age of 23, Fleischer felt compelled to explore her deep childhood connection to the homeless; a group of people who were so close in proximity yet felt a world away. What followed was a life-changing journey. Not knowing where to begin and without any real plan in place, Fleischer simply got in her car and began driving and began collecting dozens of personal stories from across Los Angeles. Wanting to help, yet struggling to maintain her personal boundaries, Fleischer comes to understand the complexity of these people’s lives, but also the power she has to make a difference.